Help to review our current safeguarding practices and be a safe church for all.
First published on: 10th November 2025Please can we encourage anyone who hasn't yet completed the survey to do so prior to the closing date which is Tuesday 2 December.
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INEQE Safeguarding Group want to hear your views!
First published on: 13th October 2025INEQE Safeguarding Group have been asked to carry out Safeguarding Audits of the Church of England to make sure dioceses, cathedrals and palaces are doing all they can to create environments where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. Now they want to hear your views! Please tell INEQE what you think to help inform the recommendations of the Independent Safeguarding Audits.
Safeguarding Sunday 2024
First published on: 25th September 2024Every year, thousands of churches across the country unite to mark Safeguarding Sunday. It’s a chance to listen and to talk together about how we can create places and cultures that protect people from the damaging effects of harm and abuse. Protecting vulnerable people from harm and speaking up for their rights is an integral part of our scriptural mandate as Christians (Proverbs 31:8).
The National Safeguarding Standards
First published on: 8th March 2024What are they and what do they mean for you and your Parochial Church Council (PCC)? Advice and information for church leaders in our parishes.
Spiritual Abuse and Healthy Cultures training
First published on: 6th March 2024This course will explore issues of Spiritual Abuse: Coercion and Control within Christian organisations and communities alongside building Healthy Christian Culture and dates are open to anyone wanting to attend.
Parish Safeguarding Dashboards
First published on: 5th February 2024Parish Safeguarding Dashboards are free to all parishes in the Diocese - If your parish hasn't yet signed up, please do!
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence begins on 25th November
First published on: 21st November 2023RISE UP Against Domestic Abuse is Mothers' Union's new campaign to raise awareness about domestic abuse.
Safeguarding Sunday 2023
First published on: 15th August 2023Register to get your free digital church resource pack for Safeguarding Sunday on 19 November 2023.
Diocesan Survivor Review led by Thirtyone:eight
First published on: 4th May 2022Thirtyone:eight has been commissioned to undertake a survivor review with independence. Thirtyone:eight are particularly interested in speaking to those who have experienced survivor care through the Diocese of Ely in order to inform the review.
Duty to have due regard to House of Bishops Safeguarding Guidance
First published on: 27th February 2020A Legal Office of the National Church Institutions, in consultation with the National Safeguarding Team, explanatory note.
